* Russia believes that separate agreements with individual European Union countries on Moscow's imports of their meat could provide a temporary measure to solve an ongoing dispute with the 25-nation bloc, the country's veterinary watchdog said
* A key witness in the poisoning death of former Russian security service defector Alexander Litvinenko said he has again been questioned by investigators probing the case
* Russia's defense industry must increase its integration in the civilian sector of the economy, the defense minister said
* Economics minister German Gref said:
- Russia's inflation rate will not exceed 9% in 2006, and GDP growth will equal 6.9-7%
- state-controlled foreign trade bank Vneshtorgbank (VTB) will issue additional shares worth 90-120 billion rubles (about $3.4-4.6 billion)
* Six out of 12 nuclear reactors at the Kurchatov nuclear research institute in Moscow were shut down for radiation and health concerns and no longer pose a threat, a deputy director of the institute said
* Russia's federal agency for nuclear power said 268 kg (590 lbs) of high-enriched uranium and 58 kg (127 lbs) of low-enriched uranium were returned to Russia from Germany
* Moscow's Arbitration Court has postponed until January 25 the hearing of a lawsuit filed by Yukos against the government for auctioning off its core asset to repay back taxes
* The Volga-Dnepr aircraft-manufacturing consortium said Russia and Ukraine reached an agreement to jointly manufacture two An-124 Condor heavy transport aircraft
* Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller and the president of Bulgaria signed a set of documents Monday on further developing Russian-Bulgarian relations in the supply and transit of Russian natural gas
* Gazprom has reduced its stake in the Russian energy giant's subsidiary Gazprombank to 62.59%, the bank said
* Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has demanded that American servicemen stationed in the country be stripped of diplomatic immunity
* High seismic activity continues in Russia's Far East, with three minor earthquakes registered over the past 24 hours near Simushir Island in the central Kurils
